30 C.F.R. § 250.465 When must I submit an Application for Permit to Modify (APM) or an End of Operations Report to MMS?
Title 30 - Mineral Resources
Link to an amendment published at 71 FR 40911, July 19, 2006. (a) You must submit an APM (form MMS–124) or an End of Operations Report (form MMS–125) and other materials to the Regional Supervisor as shown in the following table. You must also submit a public information copy of each form. (b) If you intend to perform any of the actions specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, you must meet the following additional requirements: (1) Your form MMS–124 must contain a detailed statement of the proposed work that will materially change from the approved APD; (2) Your form MMS–124 must include the present status of the well, depth of all casing strings set to date, well depth, present production zones and productive capability, and all other information specified; and (3) Within 30 days after completing this work, you must submit form MMS–124 with detailed information about the work to the District Manager, unless you have already provided sufficient information in a Well Activity Report, form MMS–133 (§250.468(b)). [68 FR 8423, Feb. 20, 2003]
Title 30: Mineral Resources
PART 250—OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
Subpart D—Oil and Gas Drilling Operations
Applying for a Permit To Modify and Well Records
§ 250.465 When must I submit an Application for Permit to Modify (APM) or an End of Operations Report to MMS?
------------------------------------------------------------------------ When you Then you must And------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Intend to revise your Submit form MMS- Receive written or drilling plan, change major 124 or request oral approval from drilling equipment, or oral approval. the District Manager plugback. before you begin the intended operation. If you get an approval, you must submit form MMS-124 no later than the end of the 3rd business day following the oral approval. In all cases, or you must meet the additional requirements in paragraph (b) of this section.(2) Determine a well's final Immediately Submit a plat surface location, water Submit a form certified by a depth, and the rotary kelly MMS-124. registered land bushing elevation. surveyor that meets the requirements of § 250.412.(3) Move a drilling unit from Submit forms MMS- Submit appropriate a wellbore before completing 124 and MMS-125 copies of the well a well. within 30 days records. after the suspension of wellbore operations.------------------------------------------------------------------------
